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Amar’e, Woodson at odds over knee ‘shutdown’

Mike Woodson said Amar’e Stoudemire will be out “a while’’ because of knee swelling. Stoudemire denied the assertion and tweeted he’s not even injured and his “knees feel great.’’

The Knicks are such a certifiable mess nobody can agree on anything. It is clear Stoudemire and the Knicks medical staff have conflicting agendas.

The day after a gut-wrenching home loss to the Wizards, Woodson revealed unsolicited Tuesday and at the end of his post-practice press conference Stoudemire “is going to be out awhile, he won’t play tomorrow.’’ Woodson began to walk away when The Post asked what was wrong and the Knicks coach said Stoudemire’s “knee swelled a little bit.’’

According to a source, Stoudemire was angered there was speculation about a future surgery and unleashed a defiant tweet to claim he doesn’t consider himself injured.

All this on the eve of the return of center Tyson Chandler, an event Woodson has been pointing to as he tries to save his job. Stoudemire didn’t fly with the team to Milwaukee, but Chandler is gearing up to play his first game since Nov. 5.

“Fans, IM NOT INJURED,” Stoudemire tweeted. “Just wanted u to know I’m ONLY stay’n back bc of 6 games n 9 days with bk2-bks. Body & Knees feel great!’’

That seems to indicate this will be one-game absence, that he was not going to Milwaukee but could return Saturday against Memphis. That is, if the medical staff allows it. Woodson’s “awhile,” though, seems to indicate otherwise.

The Knicks did not put Stoudemire on their injury report and would not give a timetable for his return, but said Stoudemire was not undergoing tests. Stoudemire has undergone three knee surgeries in the past 14 months.

He appeared to be limping in the second half Monday night during a brutal performance in which he shot 1-of-7 in 19 minutes

If the Knicks were trying to deflect attention from Woodson’s boneheaded decision not to call a timeout before the Knicks’ final possession in Monday night’s 102-101 loss to the Wizards, a gaffe that has him on thin ice again, they succeeded — at least temporarily.

Stoudemire already overrode the medical staff’s decision he sit out last Saturday’s game against Atlanta, which was the Knicks’ fourth game in five nights. Stoudemire was told he couldn’t play, but later convinced the medical staff to let him go.

Stoudemire had played six games in the previous nine days and went through a four-games-in-five-nights stretch ending Saturday. Last March he needed his second knee debridement surgery of the season after a stretch of four games in five nights.

The Post had reported Stoudemire was shut down all summer by the medical staff. It was subsequently reported he had a minor cleanup procedure in July. The team did not announce it, at Stoudemire’s request.

Stoudemire has always been super optimistic about his health and earlier this week he said he had “more faith’’ this season than last season.

Woodson likely would have already been canned if the Knicks weren’t in such injury chaos. The team officially announced Kenyon Martin would be lost at least two weeks with an abdominal strain. They are missing their top two point guards in Raymond Felton and Pablo Prigioni, who broke his toe in Monday’s loss.

Their point guards are Beno Udrih and rookie Toure’ Murry, and a rusty Chandler is expected to suit up Wednesday without much backup help.

Because of his troubled knees, Stoudemire began the season on a 10-minute restriction and playing every other game. He wasn’t cleared to play back-to-back games until last week.

Woodson has never been a fan of the minutes restrictions and clearly wasn’t happy to learn he wouldn’t have Stoudemire in Milwaukee and perhaps longer.